Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications

by Committee on Feasibility of Applying Bla, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, et al.

This book provides a brief overview of worldwide terrorist activity and reviews technologies and methods for designing blast resistant buildings. These techniques, primarily developed by the military, have applicability and relevance to the design of civilian structures. The volume recommends that a program of applied research and technology transfer be undertaken to hasten the availability and utility of these techniques to the civilian building...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309053757
• ISBN13: 9780309053754
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"